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02424aam a2200433 i 4500 001 96B110A4B6DB11E2AF0A76A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130507010107 008 130114s2013 ncuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2012051686 020 $a 0786471948 (softcover : alkaline paper) 020 $a 9780786471942 (softcover : alkaline paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)810122538 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d BDX $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ma $a a-th--- $a n-us-ma 050 00 $a E415.9.H73 $b K56 2013 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Kingston, George C., $d 1948- 245 10 $a James Madison Hood : $b Lincoln's Consul to the Court of Siam / $c George C. Kingston. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2013] 300 $a vii, 236 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 520 2 $a "Captain James Madison Hood was the real U.S. Consul in the novel Anna and the King of Siam, but before his arrival in Bangkok, he was also a merchant ship captain, builder of clipper ships, legislator in both Massachusetts and Illinois, industrialist, and land speculator"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index. 505 0 $a The U.S. Consul at Bangkok -- Somerset, Massachusetts -- Captain -- Shipbuilder, Somerset, Massachusetts -- Whig Legislator -- Know-Nothing -- Somerset County, Illinois -- Lincoln, Douglas, and Hood -- Becoming a Consul -- Bangkok Beginnings -- Burdon vs. Chandler -- The First Year in Bangkok -- Aubaret vs. Bradley -- The Last Year in Bangkok -- Home to Illinois -- Epilogue. 600 10 $a Hood, James Madison, $d 1815-1871. 650 0 $a Consuls $z United States $v Biography. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Friends and associates. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Thailand. 651 0 $a Thailand $x Foreign relations $z United States. 650 0 $a Legislators $z Massachusetts $v Biography. 650 0 $a Legislators $z Illinois $v Biography. 650 0 $a Ship captains $z Somerset $z Somerset $v Biography. 650 0 $a Shipbuilding $z Somerset $z Somerset $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Businessmen $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826065808.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20130507011537.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96B110A4B6DB11E2AF0A76A3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search